Hi, Gottfried <gottfr...@posteo.de> writes: > [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]] > Hi, > > I have constantly problems to copy something to my external harddrive, because > it needs root rights. > I can do it only in the commandline, which gives me a lot of trouble, e.g. > when > I want to copy all directories at once. > I don’t know the command for it.
What do you mean, specifically, by "copying all directories at once"? If you mean copying everything in a specific directory, you could try: sudo cp ORIGINAL-DIRECTORY/* HARDDRIVE-DIRECTORY This command uses a /wildcard/, *, which expands the word 'ORIGINAL-DIRECTORY' to multiple words, one for each member of 'ORIGINAL-DIRECTORY'. If you mean copying multiple directories, just do: sudo cp DIRECTORY-1 DIRECTORY-2 DIRECTORY-3 HARDDRIVE-DIRECTORY Commands aren't as scary as they seem from afar. I'd highly recommend you take the time to learn about them :)
